Tottenham are ready to complete their second major signing of the summer after
reaching an agreement on a £7 million fee with FC Twente for Belgium winger
Nacer Chadli.

The 23-year-old is now due in London imminently to finalise personal terms and undergo a medical before joining Paulinho as Andre Villas-Boas’ second summer addition.

Assuming there are no late problems with the deal, Chadli should join his new team-mates in Hong Kong, where Tottenham will compete in the Barclays Asia Trophy that begins on Wednesday with a match against Sunderland.

Chadli comes with the reputation as a goalscoring winger and has scored 21 times in only 80 games in the Dutch Eredivisie over the past three seasons. He also scored in both of FC Twente’s Champions League ties against Tottenham during the 2010-11 season.

Chadli has dual nationality with Morocco but is now part of the Belgium squad that has risen into the top 10 in the Fifa rankings and is already close to qualifying for next summer’s World Cup.

Villas-boas is also still determined to add another striker to the current two options of Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor. Tottenham have already failed with a bid to bring Spain forward David Villa to White Hart Lane and, after missing out on a proposed deal on deadline day of the January transfer window, the club’s interest in Internacional’s Leandro Damiao has receded. With Christian Benteke having surprisingly signed a new contract at Aston Villa, the options are narrowing but there is still interest in Valencia and Spain striker Robert Soldado.